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Description: | Church Missionary Society. Two leather charms for preserving the life of infants and driving away evil spirits. Probably sewn inside the leather arescraps of paper with portions of the Koran written upon them. Country Egypt. No. 144
Koran amulet. Small sqare of dark red leather with stitching on three sides, attached to incised metal ring. Used to protect children from evil spirits and preserve life. Label, handwritten on red label
caption: Frontal view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 6.12.65/305
caption: Rear view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 6.12.65/305
caption: General view of label of Horniman Museum object no 6.12.65/305 | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | protective charms leather Health and Healing | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-55205 | Go to resource |
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